Historical Markers of Texas

15554 Bank Building, Old Farwell 15970 Black Community Six miles east of Friona on Highway 60 then south on E 2600 Road 471 Bovina US 60, NW side between Bester and S. 3rd streets (Elevation: 4070 feet) Early in the 20th century, this was one of largest cattle shipping points in the United States. Originated as the Hay Hook ... 13303 Bovina Cemetery Bovina Cemetery, SE intersection of 1st and South streets Prior to the founding of the city of Bovina, the XIT Ranch located its southern headquarters in this vicinity. The Pecos and Northern Texas Railway ... 472 Bovina United Methodist Church Bovina Methodist Church, NE side 4th St. between Ave. B and Ave C. Marker faces Ave. C. The town of Bovina was organized in the early 20th century in the heart of the "XIT" Ranch on the Pecos Valley Railway. Soon after its establishment, ...

1575 Farwell, Texas Parmer County Courthouse grounds, W entrance facing 3rd St. Marker reported damaged Apr. 2014. Named for John V. Farwell and C. B. Farwell. Builders of the Texas Capitol, 1882-1888, in exchange for three million acres of state land. Founders ... 1779 First National Bank SE corner 3rd St. and Ave. D South RTHL medallion only 2067 Friona Friona City Park, E side Main St. between W. 7th and W. 8th streets When established by the XIT Ranch in 1898, this community was originally called Frio, after Frio (Cold) Draw, and it served as a shipping point on ... 13615 Friona Schools Friona Elementary School, N side W. 8th St. between Cleveland and Euclid avenues Friona has the distinction of being the first town in Texas to integrate its schools. The first school opened on this site in 1908 in a one-room ... 13217 Friona Women's Clubs NE corner 9th St. and Pierce Ave. By 1898, Friona and several other area townsites had been laid out as switches on the Pecos Valley & Northern Texas Railroad. Settlers soon began ... 18407 Friona's First Barber Shop E side Main St. between E. 5th and E. 6th streets Friona was established in 1906 and by 1926, various businesses were established. Jack Anderson began his barber career at the XIT Ranch in 1903. ...

2563 Hopping-Aldridge House NW corner 4th St. and Ave. H South Construction on this home began in 1917, soon after the property was purchased by R. C. Hopping. Hopping, who earlier had served as Parmer County ...

15167 Lakeview School Friona In 1928, citizens organized a new district out of the existing black school to serve eastern Parmer county. E.B. Whitefield, J.M.W. Alexander and ... 16580 Lazbuddie 611 Hwy 1172 In 1902, Thomas Kelly bought 55,136 acres of the capitol syndicate’s Red Tower Camp (part of the original XIT Ranch). Kelly developed the Star Ranch ...

3562 Near Route of the Coronado Expedition Farwell City Park, 3rd St. between Ave. D South and Ave. E South One of the first explorations of North America by Spain, the Coronado Expedition began in Mexico in April of 1540 and crossed into Texas at or near ...

16492 Oklahoma Lane Ten miles east of Farwell, turn north on Hwy 1731, 1 1/2 miles to the Oklahoma Lane Cemetery The Oklahoma Lane Community, named for the many area settlers who came from that state, was originally part of the XIT Tanch. Families began to settle ... 14559 Olivet Cemetery Farwell The Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company, which incorporated in England in 1884 to finance the XIT Ranch, deeded land for the Olivet Cemetery ...

3946 Parmer County Parmer County Courthouse, near W entrance. Inscription plate replaced 1965. Created August 21, 1876, from Bexar County. Named for Martin Parmer ("The Ringtailed Panther"), signer of Texas Declaration of Independence. Organized ... 3947 Parmer County Courthouse Parmer County Courthouse, W entrance facing 3rd St. RTHL medallion only

15971 Rhea Community 8 mi. N. of Bovina on FM 1731 turning W. on FM 2013 for 15 mi. to the Rhea Community Center In 1901, brothers John and Joe Rhea purchased property from Capital Freehold Land Company, owners of the XIT Ranch. They later sold parcels of the ...

4784 Site of First Church in City of Friona Parmer County Pioneer Heritage Museum, NE corner W. 6th St. and Cleveland Ave. The city of Friona was founded in 1906 by George G. Wright Land Co., of Kansas City, an agency employed by the XIT Ranch owners to sell their range ... 4871 Site of Parmerton US 60, NW side of southwest-bound lanes, between CR 13 and CR 14. About 5.5 mi. NE of Bovina. (Elevation 4,202 feet) Founded as Parmer Switch on Pecos & Northern Texas Railroad in 1898. In 1906, became site of a model farm. Using Campbell ...